Eagle Dancer
New Member
Hello Everyone and thank you for the Birthday message
I am the new parent of two beautiful Leopard Tortoise babies. Benny & Joon.
My avatar is the picture that was sent to me before I acquired them on January 20th
I was told that Joon was born on New Years and Benny was born a week later and that they are from two different clutches. I was also told that one of them is a cross between two different kinds of Leopards and the other is just of one type. I don't really know much more than that.
They both came to me with upper respiratory disease
I didn't know this until three or four days passed as I was doing minimal contact in order to reduce the stress of a new home, but I could hear wheezing and whistling… on a lilliputian scale of course.
I rushed them straight away to the vet. Besides having to start injections for 20 days, bless their little hearts, they were riddled with parasites and had to go thru deworming.
They were also not hydrated properly and were very dry. the lady said she would soak them every 3 or 4 days.
Benny is much stronger now and has had a couple big growth spurts.
Joon was determined to die for about a month and a half. She was originally larger then Benny, but now she is much smaller. She has just started to take a turn for the better and in the past week and a half she has started to put on weight. Yea!
I am trying to learn everything I possibly can so I can do right by these precious little creatures. They really are precious and have amazing unique personalities.
This is a picture of Benny from a couple days ago. I will also post pictures from when I first got them. I pretty much take pictures or video everyday
…I can do this, ok…one…two…. Is it ON three, or after three…. ok, I can do this…..
I am the new parent of two beautiful Leopard Tortoise babies. Benny & Joon.
My avatar is the picture that was sent to me before I acquired them on January 20th
I was told that Joon was born on New Years and Benny was born a week later and that they are from two different clutches. I was also told that one of them is a cross between two different kinds of Leopards and the other is just of one type. I don't really know much more than that.
They both came to me with upper respiratory disease
I didn't know this until three or four days passed as I was doing minimal contact in order to reduce the stress of a new home, but I could hear wheezing and whistling… on a lilliputian scale of course.
I rushed them straight away to the vet. Besides having to start injections for 20 days, bless their little hearts, they were riddled with parasites and had to go thru deworming.
They were also not hydrated properly and were very dry. the lady said she would soak them every 3 or 4 days.
Benny is much stronger now and has had a couple big growth spurts.
Joon was determined to die for about a month and a half. She was originally larger then Benny, but now she is much smaller. She has just started to take a turn for the better and in the past week and a half she has started to put on weight. Yea!
I am trying to learn everything I possibly can so I can do right by these precious little creatures. They really are precious and have amazing unique personalities.
This is a picture of Benny from a couple days ago. I will also post pictures from when I first got them. I pretty much take pictures or video everyday
…I can do this, ok…one…two…. Is it ON three, or after three…. ok, I can do this…..